Jenni Ingram

Professor of Mathematics Education | Linacre College

About me

Jenni is Professor of Mathematics Education. She is Deputy Chair of the Joint Mathematical Council, Executive Trustee and Treasurer for the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, and Chair of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education Interaction, communication and Language in Mathematics Education thematic working group. She is a member of the Royal Society Advisor Committee on Mathematics Education 11-16 Expert Group and the Mathematical Observatory Research Expert Panel. She is also an Editor of Research in Mathematics Education, Guest Editor for The Mathematics Enthusiast, and member of the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Mathematical Behavior and the Journal for Mathematics Teacher Education.

Before coming to Oxford, Jenni held an academic post at the University of Warwick and taught mathematics in comprehensive secondary schools in England.  She is a qualified mathematics teacher. Her first degree was in mathematics and her doctorate was in mathematics education. She is an award winning mathematics teacher educator as well as an internationally recognised researcher.

Jenni’s research interests are in interaction communication and language in mathematics classrooms as well as international large-scale assessments focusing on mathematics. Much of her research focuses on key mathematical concepts within the mathematics curriculum, such as mathematical equivalence, variables, functions, angles, probability and mathematical argumentation.

 

Collaborators

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025 – Judith Hillier, Stuart Cadwallader, Jo-Anne Baird and Jamie Stiff

Developing Language-Responsive Mathematics Classrooms – Robert Ward-Penny, Elizabeth Kimber, Núria Planas, Jill Adler, Kirstin Erath

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 – Stuart Cadwallader, Jamie Stiff, Jo-Ann Baird

Capacity for Research Around Teacher Education (CRATE) – Trevor Mutton, Katharine Burn, Ann Childs, Liam Guilfoyle, Robert Klassen, Anay Nangalia, Josie Scammell

Research

Books

Book chapters

Conference papers

Journal articles

Reports

C-Books

Subjects Taught

  • DPhil in Education
  • MSc in Learning and Teaching
  • MSc in Teacher Education
  • PGCE
  • MSc in Education
  • MMath

Doctoral Applications

Jenni welcomes doctoral applications from students interested in the following research areas:

  • Mathematics education, including the teaching and learning of probability and statistics or algebraic reasoning
  • Classroom interactions
  • Use of ethnomethodological approaches to studying teaching and learning interactions

Funded Research Projects

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025
Developing Language-Responsive Mathematics Classrooms
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022
TALIS Video Study (PI)
Department for Education, £385,670
2018
Mindsets and Diversity: understanding and addressing attainment gaps amongst Oxford undergraduates in highly mathematical subjects (CI)
Oxford Diversity Fund, £9598
2018-2020
Pedagogic and organisational mediation of experience in schools (PI)
John Fell Fund, £7488
2018-2020
Developing Teacher-Student talk in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom (PI)
John Fell Fund, £7495
2015-2017
The linearization of GCSE examinations. A collaborative project between Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment and Ofqual
Ofqual, £241,420
2015-2017
A Review of the Evidence on Written Marking (CI)
Educational Endowment Foundation, £33,541
2015-2016
Evaluation of the impact of Mathletics software on attainment in mathematics in primary schools in England (PI)
£10,000
2015